Bill-fold protector



Nov. 10 19 25.

D. M. PARKINSON FILL FOLD PROTECTOR I Filed 001:. 20, 192

DamblMPar/rinson Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

DANIEL M. LEARKINSON, O1 DAYTON, OHIO.

BILL-FOLD PROTECTOR.

Application flied October 20, 1924. Serial No. 744,757.

To (all whom, it may concern.

Be it known that I, DANIEL M. PARKIN- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bill-FoldProtectors, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention relates toa safety attachment for a pocketbook and hasfor its object to provide a device which may be attached to thepocketbook or wallet and by means of which the same cannot be removed bypickpockets or other unauthorized persons without the knowledge of theowner.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof andon which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a billfold having my device attachedthereto,

Figure 2, a front elevation of my device,

Figure 3, a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4-, a similar view with the parts in another position, and

Figure 5, a detail view of a portion of the device.

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates a billfold of anydesired size and shape. The billfold 10 is provided with a flat body 11,preferably of metal, having a piercing element or pin 12 adapted toengage orbe caught in the clothing when the billfold to which the deviceis attached is attempted to be stealthily removed from the pocket of theowner.

The body 11 has a recess or slot 13 in its rear face in which is mounteda slide 14: carrying the piercing element or pin 12 pivotally supportedbetween bifurcations 15 at one end thereof. The opposite end of saidslide is provided with a screw 16 extending through a slot 17 in thebody 11 and having a knob or finger piece 18 resiliently mountedthereon. The slot 13 is formed of greater depth at one end toaccommodate the bifurcations 15 and the pin 12 and the portions ofdifferent depth are joined by an abrupt shoulder having a passage oropening 19 therein, through which the piercing element or pin 12 isadapted to be projected.

In order to maintain the slide 14 in proper position in the slot 13 Iprovide a plate 20 for the bottom of the body 11, this plate beingpreferably held in posit1on by bolts or rivets 21 which secure the plate11 to the billfold 10.

In practice the wallet or billfold having my device applied thereto isplaced in the pocket of the owner with the end having the knob 18thereon uppermost and said knob then slid to the position shown inFigure 1 to bring the piercing element, or pm 12 upwardly and intoengagement with the clothing.- or into a position that will readilycatch in the clothing so that any unauthorized person, such as apickpocket or rogue will experience considerable difficulty in removingthe device from its resting place without the knowledge of the owner.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes maybe made in my device without departing from the spirit of the inventionand therefore I do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawings anddescribed in the specification, but only as indicated in the appendedclaims.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An attachment for pocketbooks com prising a body having a recess inits rear face, a passage extending from said recess to the front face ofsaid body said body having a slot in its front face joining said recess,a slide in said recess, a piercing element carried by said slide andextending through said passage, and a manipulating element carried bysaid slide and extending through said slot, substantially as set forth.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a body having a recess in itsrear face, a pair of openings extending from said recess to its frontface, a slide in said recess, a piercing element carried by said slideand extending through one of said openings, a manipulating element alsocarried by said slide and extending through the other of said openings,and a plate on the rear face of said body for holding said slide in saidrecess, substantially as set forth.

3. An article of manufacture comprising a body having a recess in itsrear face, a pair of openings extending from said recess to its frontface, a slide in said recess, a

piercing element carried by said slide and extending through one of saidopenings, and a resiliently mounted manipulating element also carried bysaid slide and extending through the other of said openings whereby theoperation of the manipulating element Will project the piercing elementthrough said body a greater distance than the manipulating element,substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Dayton,Ohio, this sixteenth day of October, A. D. nineteen hun dred andtwenty-four.

DANIEL M. PARKINSON.

